Research Home
Tools
Thesaurus of Geographic Names
Full Record Display
Vernacular Display
|
English Display
Click the
icon to view the hierarchy.
Semantic View
(
JSON
,
JSONLD
,
RDF
,
N3/Turtle
,
N-Triples
)
ID: 7059175
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7059175
Record Type:
administrative
Vat Phou (ruins)
Coordinates:
Lat: 14 51 00 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 14.8500
decimal degrees
Long: 105 49 00 E
degrees minutes
Long: 105.8300
decimal degrees
Note:
Deserted Hindu temple complex situated near the Lancang Jiang river and associated with the Khmer Empire; named an UNESCO World Heritage Site along with the surrounding ruins in 2001.
Names:
Vat Phou
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
)
Ban Vat Phou
(
C
,
V
)
Phāsāt hin Vat Phū
(
C
,
V
,
LC
,
O
)
Vat Phū
(
C
,
V
)
Wat Phu
(
C
,
V
)
Hierarchical Position:
World
(facet)
....
Asia
(continent) (
P
)
........
Sathalanalat Paxathipatai Paxaxôn Lao
(nation) (
P
)
............
Champasak
(province) (
P
)
................
Vat Phou
(ruins) (
P
)
Place Types:
ruins (
preferred
,
C
)
religious center (
H
)
............
8th - 12th century
deserted settlement (
C
)
World Heritage Site (
C
)
............
since 2001
Sources and Contributors:
Ban Vat Phou..........
[
VP
]
.......................
NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-)
accessed 27 July 2010
Phāsāt hin Vat Phū..........
[
VP
]
...................................
Library of Congress Name Authority File
2001008827, accessed 27 July 2010
Vat Phou..........
[
VP Preferred
]
.................
NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-)
accessed 27 July 2010
Vat Phū..........
[
VP
]
.................
Library of Congress Name Authority File
2001008827, accessed 27 July 2010
Wat Phu..........
[
VP
]
.................
Times Atlas of World History (1989)
358
Subject:
.....
[
VP
]
..................
Grove Art Online (2008-)
In "Laos: History"; accessed 27 July 2010
..................
NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-)
accessed 27 July 2010
..................
Times Atlas of World History (1989)
358
..................
UNESCO World Heritage Centre [online] (1992-)
accessed 27 July 2010
Note:
English
..........
[
VP
]
..........
Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-2014)
In "Champasak"; accessed 27 July 2010
..........
Grove Art Online (2008-)
In "Laos: History"; accessed 27 July 2010
..........
UNESCO World Heritage Centre [online] (1992-)
accessed 27 July 2010
The J. Paul Getty Trust
© 2004 J. Paul Getty Trust
Terms of Use
/
Privacy Policy
/
Contact Us